There is no complete guarantee that the PAP’s first assistant secretary general will become Prime Minister, since some who had held that post did not attain the premiership. However, Eugene Tan, an associate professor of law at Singapore Management University, said, “Barring any unforeseen circ...
SINGAPORE, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday that Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will succeed him as the next prime minister if the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) wins the next general election, local media reported. Wong was endorsed to be t...
SINGAPORE, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Finance Minister Lawrence Wong has been endorsed to be the leader of the fourth-generation (4G) team of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), which paves the way for him to be the next prime minister, the Straits Times reported. Lee Hsien...
SINGAPORE — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday announced his country will decriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. Lee made the announcement during his speech at a rally that marked National Day, which commemorates Singapore’s independence from Malaysia. ...
President of Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea and Anwar Ibrahim, the new Prime Minister of Malaysia./ Photo Courtesy of the office of the President ) Here are six ways the new Malaysia can outperform today's Singapore. Today, Singapore is one of the world's most developed and prosperous economies...
TOKYO - Whoever succeedsShinzo Abeas Japan’s prime minister will be confronted with growing signs that the job market is deteriorating in an economy laid low by the coronavirus pandemic. As of Aug 1, the ratio of students with job offers stood at 83.7 percent, 4.5 percentage points below th...
Discusses the efforts of Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to open up the economy and society of his nation. Endorsement of Lee Hsien Loong by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong; Effects of the pressures of globalization and international economic relations on Singapore; His efforts to ...
MANILA, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong confirmed Tuesday night that the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei, Lim Jock Hoi, has been appointed as the next secretary-general of ASEAN. ...
keep the Marina Barrage in your itinerary. Built at the confluence of the five rivers, the barrage provides water storage, flood control, and recreation activities to all. This Singapore’s fifteenth reservoir is the vision of the late Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore....
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke with Oliver Tonby, Chairman of McKinsey Asia, about the changing role of leaders. Leaders have been pushed to reimagine the future. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives and livelihoods of countless individuals, and this paradigm shift has ...